Oil-cup.



J. 0. GLASS.

OIL CUP.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 24, 1914v Patented Deo. 22, 1914u mw w THE NORRISPETERS COA. Huur@ UNITE STATES JULIUS O. GLASS, OF EAST ST. LOUIS,ILLINOIS.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1914. Serial No. 820,438.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, Jurrcs O. GLASS, acitizen of the United States, and resident of East St. Louis, Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil- Cups, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in oil cups, and has for itsobject a cup provided with a sliding cover, and means for holding saidcover in rigid position, and to prevent the same from becoming detachedby movement of the machinery, to which the cup is applied.

A further object of my invention is to provide an oil cup with adisk-like cover supported by a spring mechanism whose tension can beadjusted so as to make an absolute leak-proof connection, the saidspring mechanism also acting as a locking device to hold said cover inposition.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my complete invention. Fig. 2 is aside View of the cup showing a portion thereof in section, and myinvention in position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Referring to the drawings in detail 4 1ndicates an ordinary oil cup,which is provided with a screw-seated base 5, by which said cup isfirmly held in position to that portion of the machinery to which it isapplied. The said cup is provided with an ear or projection 6 having aninternally screwthreaded bore 7, and on the opposite side of said cup isalso provided an integral latch member 8 having a central depression orrecess 9, and two angular or slanted side walls 10.

On the top of the oil cup 4 is located a disk 11, which forms a part ofmy improvement; this disk is provided with a central boss 12 and aprojecting pin 13. Over this pin and resting upon the boss is placed aspring supporting member 14, which has a central opening 15 throughwhich the pin 13 projects and through said pin immediately above themember 14 is placed a cotter pin 16; the spring supporting member 14extends across the entire disk, one of its ends being bent in the formof a loop 17, which is provided with an aperture 18 on its upper portionand an aperture 19 on the bottom portion, and through which a screw orbolt 20 is passed, the threaded portion of said bolt is screw-seatedinto an internally screw-threaded bore 7 of the projection 6, and bymeans of said screw or bolt, the pressure or spring adjustment can beregulated by tightening or loosening said screw. The opposite end of thespring member 14 is bent at the point indicated by the numeral 21, andextended downwardly, its free end 22 projecting slightly outwardlyacting as a handle or hand-hold bywhich the spring can be bent outwardlyto remove the same from the latch member 8, but said spring member is soarranged and so tempered as to normally seat itself in the cavity of thelatch member so as to hold the disk 11 in closed position over the topof the oil cup proper, and by the tension of the spring member thecontacting surface of the cup and disk provides a perfect joint. By thisarrangement, when it is desired to lill the cup with oil or grease, allthat is necessary for the operator to do is to manipulate the spring,pulling the same outwardly from the cavity of the latch member andshifting the same to one side on its pivot, which is the screw or bolt20, and after the cup has been filled the operator merely returns thedisk back to its position and the spring will automatically close itselfby riding upon the inclined surface 10 of the latch permitting thespring to seat itself in the cavity thereby placing and holding the diskor cap in perfect connection with the cup.

Having fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising an oil cup, a disk coverlocated thereon, a spring member attached to the cover,

its one end pivoted to the cup, and its othery anl held in a catch,substantially as speci- 2. A device of the class described comprising anoil cup, a cover, a pin secured to said cover, a spring memberattachedto said pin, one end of said spring member being looped andpivotally supported to the cup, the other end bent in the form of alocking member and a catch for supporting the same.

3. A device of the class described com- Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

prising an oil cup provided with a smooth name to this specification,irl presence of two d1sk11ke Cover, a spring member supportingsubscribing Witnesses.

the Cover and pivotally attached to the cup, n o and a locking means forsupporting the JULTUS 0 JLS" 5 spring member to retain the disk inproper Witnesses:

position on the cup. ALFRED A.. Ennis, In testimony whereof, l havesigned my WTALTER C. STEIN,

Gopes of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. C.

